ARBITER PETRONIUS
\ˈɑːbɪtə pɛtɹˈə͡ʊnɪəs], \ˈɑːbɪtə pɛtɹˈəʊnɪəs], \ˈɑː_b_ɪ_t_ə p_ɛ_t_ɹ_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ə_s]\
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A Latin writer of satirical fiction. He lived in the first century of our era, but nothing is known with certainty of his life. Of his story or novel, called "Satires", which originally consisted of about 20 "books", there is extant a considerable fragment, "Trimalchio's Banquet".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.